r/WorkOnline

I applied with the easy apply on Linkedin, which honestly should have been the first red flag. Every time I've seen that, the correspondence has been shady. It was for a 'Virtual assistant' to their 'Director'.

I got given an 'interview' over Slack, which was another red flag. They swore up and down that it was to ensure I could be 'warm' over text, and quick at typing. I could tell that the person was basically taking what I wrote and feeding it into ChatGPT, but I figured that was just a lazy recruiter.

I got an offer letter and a demand for my personal information. It twigged me as a bit weird that after the 'interview' they didn't want to even make sure I was a real person over like, webcam or something.

So I did some research and found several people commenting about how it was a scam. I went to the address on their website in google maps and found it led to a strip mall.

California is apparently in the midst of a huge swarm of hospice scams and this would seem to be one targeting remote workers.

Really sucks, and I should have recognized the red flags sooner, but I guess I'm just kind of desperate at the moment.

Long story short, I’m disabled, and due to the extremely dynamic nature of said disability, I can’t hold down a regular schedule because my body could just decide to break at any moment. That said, I have plenty of “spare” time to do online tasks, just not on a set schedule.

Yes, I googled transcription and editing jobs, but I like to get opinions from real humans about their personal experiences in the field, and most of the posts I’ve found about transcription jobs are years old, many even before the AI boom.

Qualifications: MA in biology, BA in psychology, and a good amount of medical knowledge (as a volunteer patient advocate, no actual degree). I’m excellent at editing, proofreading, grammar, etc. I’ve tried a few freelance sites for editing and such, but you can’t get any work without a substantial history of experience, and while I know I’m overqualified, all my experience happened in grad school where my peer editing is protected by student privacy rules.

1. What kinds of medical or scientific transcription/editing jobs are out there that actually pay something? (I’m not greedy, I’d just like to build up some emergency cash. Also open to non-science transcription/editing, just figured the specialty would pay more.)
2. What kind of certification do I need, if any? (Besides the little skill tests on LinkedIn)
3. Do most transcription jobs let you work *literally whenever* and just earn commission instead of pinning you to a set schedule? Does this change with more specialized transcription jobs?
4. Does anyone have experience just putting themselves out there and proposing their skills to doctors’ offices, labs, etc.?

TIA for any and all suggestions. This is kind of my last option.

Hi everyone,

I recently received an offer/invitation from TELUS Digital AI for a GenAI AI Community role, apparently related to working as a Psychology Expert / Psychology Specialist for AI evaluation tasks.

They sent me a mandatory identity verification link through Sumsub, asking for a government ID and selfie/liveness verification. The email seems to come from an official TELUS domain, but I’m still cautious about sharing biometric data.

Has anyone here completed this verification process for TELUS AI Community? Is Sumsub safe and legitimate in this context? Also, does anyone currently work in a similar TELUS AI psychology/expert role and could share whether the work and payments are reliable?

Thanks.

I've been trying to find legitimate places for work from home/no phone jobs and I feel like it's a tough search... a lot of things are mostly tech related jobs and I'm more on the creative side with writing or arts. But I'd be willing to learn a new skill.

Hi guys, i am extremely interested in becoming a travel agent, and I was wondering if any of you knew of companies that will hire and train (remotely) a newbie like me, im not asking for crazy money right off the bat, I would even be okay with a customer service position within a travel agency type setting, I just wanna get my foot in the door and I can't seem to find any that aren't scams. And I don't wanna do the host agency thing yet as I have no idea what im doing yet.. are there any companies that offer a kind of career path along these lines, or am I asking for too much?

Has anyone worked for Rev doing legal transcription? How long did it take for your application to get approved? What is the work like?

Heyyyy, does anyone have any suggestions on where I can find transcription jobs to make some money without experience that are actually legit?

I just received a call from a recruiter regarding a video interview. I did it and sent it back, I emailed the recruiter as well. Seems like I will more likely get the job…. Can anyone give advice regarding the company? I’m in USA.

Uber AI Solutions has now been holding my payments since February and I honestly don’t know what to do.

The issue started with my W-8BEN/payment verification being stuck for over a month. Support kept replying with the same generic "your case has been escalated" messages without actually fixing anything.

After weeks of trying, I was finally contacted by Eoin from Uber Priority Support. He actually seemed to understand the issue, and shortly after that a new option to upload bank details appeared in my account, so it looked like the problem was finally being resolved.

Because of that, I continued working. But the payments still never came.

Now the unpaid amount is over €2700. All completed work and earnings are still visible in my Task History, but I cannot access any of the money.

What also worries me is that I’m starting to see more and more people describing similar experiences, for example, u/Large-Cut8248 told me he worked 12 hours and got paid only $13...

Meanwhile, my conversation with Eoin from priority support got archived, I can’t reply anymore, email replies fail instantly, and ai support just keeps sending template responses.

What makes this even more frustrating is that when I contacted general Uber support, they told me they cannot help with account-specific issues and that I need to contact them using the email connected to the affected account - which is exactly what I was already doing. I use the same email for Uber AI Solutions and Uber Eats, but these systems are apparently completely separate and cannot be linked, but the support would not acknowledge it...

Honestly, after 3 months of no payments and no real support (other than Eoin), this whole situation is starting to look extremely shady.

Has anyone actually managed to recover their payments from them?

I've tried applying to teleperformance and have attempted multiple of their assessment test for nearly a year now and to no avail. Is their something I can do to improve? What area in my application process do you think could be the problem.

I tried to post this before but couldn’t see any responses. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Looking into the company. I would have to buy a pc laptop because I only have Mac’s so advice would go a long way.

Can people go into detail when people say you have to mostly train yourself? Is it on the work or the computer applications? What computer applications do they use such as zoom teams Microsoft Outlook etc?

I have a medical condition that would limit me from working 8 full hours a day so I’m thinking this would be a good fit. Any options or tips?